WV Diabetes Collaborative
The West Virginia Collaborative for Improving Diabetes Education and
Awareness Advisory (IDEAA) was formed in 2017. It is a statewide network
of patient partners, caregivers, diabetes educators, physicians, health
services and outcomes researchers, faith-based organizations, and
community agencies in West Virginia. The collaborative’s mission is to
transform the healthcare services and education for preventing diabetes
and its complications. This Engagement Award project builds on the work
of a prior Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute Pipeline to
Proposal Tier I award. In Tier I, the project team convened two all-day
meetings with participation from 16 stakeholders representing
caregivers, diabetes educators, physicians, health services and outcomes
researchers, faith-based organizations, and local and state health
departments in West Virginia.